Man Iran is DOPE ! Don't listen to what the dumb US media say. The women there are just magnificent, you can ski, you can party, nobody wears a hijab it's actually just a light scarf, life is just amazing in Iran. Have a look at instagram RichKidsOfTeheran. The only reasons why Iraq is not so good these days is because of the US-led war, but beside that, Iraq used to be one of the first country to promote women's right, waaay before women were allowed to vote in Europe. To be honest you can do anything in frontier market, but the question is with whom. In my case I got kind of lucky to discover most of these countries through clients of the firm I work for, and if I were to go there without them, I would probably think "what a shit hole...". So how do you become friend with fairly wealthy and well connected in frontier market > that is a good question and in my case it was pure luck. Maybe try with something less frontier like Dubai or Doha (or Beirut which is also amazing), go as a teacher there and you'll easily make friends. Also keep in mind, in most of these places there's no need for "logistics" or "automation" etc. because labor is so cheap. In developed african countries the minimum salary is about 60$ a month. In the far-east and undeveloped African countries, it's about 20 - 25$ a month.